By: Thomas C. Bruneau (Editor), Florina Cristiana Matei (Editor)

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This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging, internationally focused overview of the field of civil#xE2;#xAC;#x1C;military relations. There is currently no Handbookon civil#xE2;#xAC;#x1C;military relations, and this work is intended to fill that gap in the scholarly literature. In the U.S., the predominant scholarly approach has focused on marginal issues, including the so-called 'crisis in civil#xE2;#xAC;#x1C;military relations'; that is, in America, and in the relatively limited literature on other countries, the focus has been overwhelmingly on asserting and exercising democratic civilian control over the armed forces; once control has been at least formally asserted there is nothing else to study, it seems. Also, the overwhelming focus in studies of the armed forces has been on territorial defense and fighting wars, and yet very few armed forces are prepared to fight and even fewer fight, in such wars. The reality is that the armed forces are central actors in most societies and are involved in many different roles, including the following: they engage in peacekeeping missions, support the police in fighting crime, support civilian authorities in dealing with natural disasters, and fight against terrorists and in internal conflicts. The existing literature does not capture this variety of tasks, as it has self-limited itself to war-fighting, and this Handbookaims to fill this important lacuna. Edited by one of the world's leading scholars, this Handbookwill be essential reading for students of civil-military relations, defense studies, war and conflict studies, international security and IR in general.

List of figures	p. ix
List of tables	p. x
Notes on contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvi
List of abbreviations	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Development of the field of study	p. 11
Impediments to the accurate conceptualization of civil-military relations	p. 13
Development of an approach through debate	p. 22
A new conceptualization of civil-military relations	p. 26
Efficiency in the use of resources	p. 39
Security sector reform	p. 48
Escape from Huntington's labyrinth: Civil-military relations and comparative politics	p. 61
Civil-military relations in non-democratic or nominally democratic countries	p. 77
Civil-military relations in a dictatorship: North Korea	p. 79
Learning from failure: Egypt	p. 93
Lessons not to learn: Post-communist Russia	p. 110
The transformation of the Bolivarian Armed Force: Venezuela	p. 123
Rebuilding the military under democratic control: Iraq	p. 135
Civil-military relations in democratic and democratizing states: Issues and institutions	p. 147
Control: Four case studies	p. 149
Asserting civilian control: Argentina	p. 151
Civilian influence in defense: Slovenia	p. 158
Stuffing lines of governance in insurgencies: India	p. 167
Executive civilian control of the military: Spain	p. 181
Effectiveness: Six case studies	p. 191
Reforms in professional military education: The United States	p. 193
Discovering peacekeeping as a new mission: Mongolia	p. 204
The impact of NATO membership on military effectiveness: Hungary	p. 219
Redefining defense strategy: France	p. 232
Building an integrated military in post-conflict societies: Lebanon	p. 242
Civil-military relations in an emerging democracy: South Africa	p. 255
Control and effectiveness: Six case studies	p. 275
Developing a robust Ministry of Defense and a Joint Staff: Portugal	p. 277
Democratic civilian control and military effectiveness: Chile	p. 283
Achieving neutrality and effectiveness: Austria	p. 296
Stability in flux: policy, strategy, and institutions in Germany	p. 304
NATO, the demand for democratic control, and military effectiveness: Romania	p. 318
The impact of the Partnership for Peace on civil-military relations: Moldova	p. 331
Conclusion	p. 343
Select bibliography	p. 349
Index	p. 365
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ISBN: 9780415782739
ISBN-10: 0415782732
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 400
Published: 31st July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 17.4  x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.89